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Bergman: Music from the Films / Pontinen
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Bergman: Music from the Films / Pontinen

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Details

Composer
BACH CHOPIN MOZART SCHUBERT
Artist
Pontinen, Thedeen
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Aug 03, 2018
Catalog #
BIS-2377
UPC
7318599923772

About

Ingmar Bergman (1918- 2007) made fifty films, directed more than 150 theatre productions and wrote several books, but the recurrent thread running through his life was music. He often said that if he hadn't become a director he would have wished to become a conductor, and went so far as to claim that ‘film and music are almost the same thing. They are means of expression and communication that go beyond human wisdom and that touch a person’s emotional centre.’ Bergman’s interest in classical music became evident early on in his career. Music in Darkness (1948) is about a pianist who loses his sight in a shooting accident. To Joy (1950) features a violinist who dreams of a solo career and Summer Interlude (1951) takes place at the Royal Swedish Opera. He admired all who could perform music, reserving his greatest love for pianists, and concert pianists are portrayed in Hour of the Wolf, Face to Face and Autumn Sonata. One of Bergman’s favourite Swedish pianists was Roland Pöntinen, who here performs a number of pieces featured in Bergman’s films, by composers including Mozart, Chopin and Schumann. Pöntinen is joined by the Stenhammar Quartet in the second movement of Schumann’s piano quintet, used by Bergman to great effect in the award-winning Fanny and Alexander. Another of the director’s favourite performers, the cellist Torleif Thedéen, also contributes to the project, with the sarabandes from three of Bach’s suites for solo cello.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande (Cries and Whispers, Saraband) 03:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande (Cries and Whispers, Saraband)
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Torleif Thedéen
  2. 2 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 2. Aufschwung (Music in Darkness, Smiles of a Summer Night) 03:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 2. Aufschwung (Music in Darkness, Smiles of a Summer Night)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  3. 3 Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (Fanny and Alexander) 05:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (Fanny and Alexander)
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  4. 4 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor (Music in Darkness) 02:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor (Music in Darkness)
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  5. 5 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande (Autumn Sonata) 05:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande (Autumn Sonata)
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Torleif Thedéen
  6. 6 Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475 (Face to Face) 12:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475 (Face to Face)
    Duration
    12:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  7. 7 Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (Cries and Whispers) 03:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (Cries and Whispers)
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  8. 8 Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto (In the Presence of a Clown) 09:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto (In the Presence of a Clown)
    Duration
    09:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  9. 9 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.535/L.262/P.531 (The Devil's Eye) 03:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.535/L.262/P.531 (The Devil's Eye)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  10. 10 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor (Autumn Sonata) 02:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor (Autumn Sonata)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  11. 11 Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 380/L.23/F.326 (The Devil's Eye) 04:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 380/L.23/F.326 (The Devil's Eye)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  12. 12 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. (The Silence) 06:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. (The Silence)
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
  13. 13 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande (Through a Glass Darkly) 05:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande (Through a Glass Darkly)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Torleif Thedéen
  14. 14 Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: II. In modo d'una Marcia (Fanny and Alexander) 08:44
    Track
    14
    Title
    Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: II. In modo d'una Marcia (Fanny and Alexander)
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Roland Pöntinen
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet